Grammatic sketch of Karaam

Subjunctive
Subjunctive forms are formed by changing the last vowel to o:

For monosyllabe ending in a consonant, o is added:

,šog, ,šogo

Visual
The following suffixes are used as evidentials: 'I'm told he's sleeping' ,šogan → šogn- → šognan If deleting the last vowel would result in a cluster of more than three consonants, the original, stem vowel is restored: keggwsah 'he has sifted' → keggwsh- → keggwish- → keggwishat 'he has sifted (I saw him)'. Roots and patterns:

Hearsay
Hearsay is marked with a -n šogn

šogen

Future

Reported

Add -an, -en, -in

šiqag bainaiqe dauaḫem Ṭaqis am ḫimeh ṭaḫhesrah.

Yin siča an taisrin imim mansal Taqis tawiyim.

this-here place-from CL.8-name Taqis that young CL.3-prophetise-PRF

'This is what, in a place called Taqis, a young prophetised.'

Heṭeṭaheš, heṭqaaqoše uṭih ṭahi, qandah aqguð .

1.incl-CL.3-write-FUT 1.incl-CL.3-narrate-FUT story-PL ancient/PL all.things origin

'We shall write, we shall tell the ancient stories, the origin of all.'

'They sowed, they dawned, the Fountain, Aqean, the Willful Lady, the Owner of Rain, the Clothed One, the Lord of Our Sustenance, the Mother of Sky and The Great One Low'

Hebnen, eqwren, šaa he Aqean, Irukah, Hatlis, ,Hemhas, Qauṭesqo, Qehṭseh Moa, Mohšoṭes.

'Spirits and ghosts and angels were above the ice, desert, all was quiet, all was asleep.'

Hesam e qauqheš e ðedondeš daḫurto aqahto doqeh, qandah ṭumai qandah šogan. Eran šaa he Aqean '"Ayin tači tloman woyhanranis." Min wahanranan tloman.' "Qag ðog ðigamreš hešiqairfigqis", e ðigamreš qerfigqwan

Word soul flowed from mountain to the sea. aqgan hesṭah gonðe doqe šah dodah ena

it.was world.sould mountain cl-from see cl-to flow

Šiqag bainaiqe dauaḫem Ṭaqis am ḫimeh ṭaḫhesrah.

Heṭeṭaheš, heṭqaaqoše uṭih ṭahi, qandah aqguð .

Hebnen, eqwren, šaa he Aqean, Qehṭseh Moa, Hemhas, Irukah, Hatlis, Qauṭesqo, Mohšoṭes.

Hesam e qauqheš e ðedondeš daḫurto aqahto doqeh, qandah ṭumai qandah šogan.

Eran šaa he Aqean.

"Qag ðog ðigamreš hešiqairfigqis"

E qande ðigamreš qerfigqwan.

Aqgan hesṭah gonðe doqe šah dodah ena.

Pean fig.

Yin siča an taisrin imim mansal Taqis tawiyim.

Yetweteš yethaqqeš qaqči issawi, taqnōtl qanda.

Amnin abren, sawwa an Aqean, Iroka, Attlis, Hemhas, Qotesqo, Qetsi Mā, Massotis

An isim min horis min sedondaš taqo ladyar, ayari, asnan qanda, toma qanda.

Iwran sawwa an Aqean.

"Ayin tači tloman woyhanranis."

Min qinet wahanranan tloman.

Aqan Isča dawwan nančoh siyal. In tapiyo.

is-here begin ɓenaiam šiguḫan Aqean qehṭes e ðoman

begin-ADV 5-create-PAST god heaven and earth

ɓenaiam šiguḫan Aqean qehṭes e ðoman e